A championship at the Concordia Bulldog Invite resulted in Kendra Placke being named the GPAC Golfer of the Week. Also a winner at the Hastings Invite, Placke has claimed six career tournament titles and five career GPAC weekly awards.
Kendra Placke earned a tournament championship for the second week in a row while leading a Bulldog squad that tied for first at the Hastings Invite (April 11-12). Via a tiebreaker, Concordia lost out on the team trophy.
Both Kendra Placke individually and the Bulldogs as a team are tournament leaders after day one of the Hastings Invitational. Placke shot a five-over-par 77 on Monday (April 11) for a Concordia squad with a seven-stroke team lead.
While hosting the Concordia Bulldog Invite on Tuesday (April 5), the Bulldogs placed fourth as a team behind tournament champion Kendra Placke. The Seward High School product carded a three-over-par 75.
The fourth ever Concordia Bulldog Invite will take place Tuesday and Wednesday at Highlands Golf Course in Lincoln. The tournament field is set to include 84 golfers from 14 different institutions, including eight from within the GPAC.
In the first event of the spring season, the Bulldogs placed fourth as a team while taking on blustery conditions in Winfield, Kan. Kendra Placke emerged as the highlight for Concordia as she placed in a tie for sixth at the Moundbuilder Invite.
In the first action of the spring for Concordia Women's Golf, the team shot a total of 353 and resides in fourth place heading into the second day of the Moundbuilder Invitational. Kendra Placke and Mya Nurse shot scores in the 80s.
Concordia Women's Golf looks for to a spring 2022 season that will get started with the Southwestern Invitational in late March. The spring rounds for the GPAC Championships will take place at Norfolk Country Club.
Kendra Placke showed she can compete with the top collegiate golfers in the state of Nebraska while placing sixth at the Nebraska Intercollegiate (Oct. 8-9). The Bulldogs finished second as a team.
While competing at the Nebraska Intercollegiate for the first time ever, the Bulldogs carded a 355 on day one. The top three Concordia scores were turned in by Kendra Placke, Lauren Havlat and Mya Nurse.
Junior Emery Custer leads a trio of returning Bulldogs who were regulars in the 2023-24 lineup. Coming off a ninth-place GPAC finish, Concordia believes the lineup has improved for 2024-25.
A roster led by GPAC Newcomer of the Year Emery Custer and veterans Logan Eschliman and Mya Nurse has retooled with a strong group of newcomers. Concordia Women's Golf aims to move up from its 10th place GPAC finish in 2022-23.
Part of the Concordia Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2023, Amy (Ahlers) Allgood achieved a fairytale finish while winning the GPAC title her senior year. It was just a small part of what makes Amy a uniquely special Bulldog alum.
In the post-Kendra Placke era, Concordia Women's Golf is banking on the combined improvement of returners such as Logan Eschliman, Lauren Havlat and Mya Nurse and newcomer Emery Custer as it aims to remain a top-five GPAC team.
Momentum has built for a Concordia Women’s Golf program that has placed third in the GPAC in back-to-back seasons. Three-time All-GPAC performer Kendra Placke is back to lead the way.
It has been almost a full year since the Concordia women have competed at their last official meet back on September 30, 2019. It is an understatement to say they are eager to return to the links.
Former state champion Kendra Placke is one of the latest in a growing line of Seward Bluejays to stand out at Concordia. Says Placke, "Seward is a great town. There is a great community here."
Concordia alum and former Bulldog golfer Madison Pitsch has made her way to the TV screen as a news reporter for 1011 in Lincoln. Pitsch shared stories of her young career in this Q&A.
Crete native Murphy Sears did not get to paint the finishing strokes of a collegiate golf career that included three All-GPAC conference awards, but she's thankful for the time she's had.
Murphy Sears returns as the leader of a women's golf program expecting to trend upward in 2018-19. She will be joined by Seward's Kendra Placke in an improved lineup for head coach Brett Muller.